How to Prevent Falls Many of us can use a periodic kick in the pants to help keep us safe. I know, because I’m one of those prone to doing something foolhardy. Read More…

Lifting Journalism by Knowing What Readers Are Looking For Claudio E. Cabrera, who specializes in search engine optimization, describes how he keeps track of what’s hot in search and how that informs coverage — and what the limits are. Read More…

Still Separate, Still Unequal: Teaching about School Segregation and Educational Inequality Although many students learn about the struggles to desegregate schools in the civil rights era, segregation as a current reality is largely absent from the curriculum. This teaching resource uses Times articles and Op-Eds to investigate the issue… Read More…

Contraception for Teenagers Although teenage pregnancy rates have declined, too many teens still use birth control methods incorrectly or inconsistently. Read More…

Finding Meaning and Happiness in Old Age Authors of two books about aging pass along some of the wisdom of the oldest old about what brings meaning and pleasure to their twilight years. Read More…

A National Goal: Prevent a Million Heart Attacks and Strokes by 2022 There is already a well-established path to countering cardiovascular disease. All it really requires is the will of individuals and society to follow it. Read More…

The Secret to Good Health May Be a Walk in the Park In Minneapolis-St. Paul, the nation’s healthiest urban region, almost everyone lives within a 10-minute walk of a good public park. Shouldn’t we all? Read More…

Checking on Social Security Estimates Is a Good Idea, but Many People Don’t Do It The Social Security Administration used to mail out many more statements each year. Now, it encourages workers to go online. A new report says millions haven’t looked. Read More…

An Arsenal of Skype, Voice Recorders and FOIAs Emily Bazelon, an investigative reporter at The New York Times Magazine, craves easy-to-use tools, whether for interviews, Freedom of Information Act records or her home TV. Read More…

Trash, the Library and a Worn, Brown Table: The 2019 College Essays on Money Each year, we ask high school seniors to submit college application essays they’ve written about work, money, social class and related topics. Here are five that moved us. Read More…